INDUSTRIAL FORESTRY

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The project will consist of: (a) planting of about 3,500 ha of new plantations annually, of which about 3,000 ha would be pine and about 500 ha eucalyptus (totals for the project period: pine 15,000 ha; eucalyptus 2,500 ha); (b) reforestation annually with eucalyptus of approximately 400 ha of clearfelled plantations (total for the project period: 2,000 ha); (c) maintenance of all IPD plantations; (d) doubling of IPD's logging and transportation capacity from about 60,000 cubic meters to about 120,000 cubic meters of roundwood per year; (e) constructing and equipping a sawmill with a sawnwood capacity of about 40,000 cubic meters annually; (f) staff training and fellowships to facilitate (a) to (e) above; and (g) research, experimentation and studies designed to improve land clearing and charcoal production methods.